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September 19, 2018 21:56

• Writer Akram Ailisli complains about ban on leaving Azerbaijan

  The ban on travelling abroad prevents from receiving the necessary medical treatment, Akram Ailisli, an Azerbaijani writer, has stated in his letter to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO). He asked to stop the criminal case against him.

September 19, 2018 21:56

• Clashes of activists and law enforcers occur near the KBR's village of Kendelen

  Participants of the march in honour of the 310th anniversary of the Kanjali Battle and their supporters tried to break through the barriers; policemen used tear gas.

September 19, 2018 19:06

• Sentenced Imam Makhmud Velitov feels better

  Makhmud Velitov, Imam of the Moscow "Yardyam" mosque, sentenced in the case on the justification of terrorism, is discharged from the hospital and transferred to a penal colony with conditions for inmates with low mobility. This has been reported by the Department for the Astrakhan Region of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN).

September 19, 2018 19:05

• Equestrian procession route changed after conflict in Kendelen in Kabardino-Balkaria

  In Kabardino-Balkaria, activists who climbed Mount Kanzhal in honour of the 310th anniversary of the battle in those places decided to change their route to avoid new clashes with villagers. The village of Kendelen remains blocked by law enforcers.

September 19, 2018 14:53

• Court: Pyatigorsk Mayoralty to reconsider application for LGBT action in defence of gays in Chechnya

  The Pyatigorsk City Court has obliged the Mayoralty to review the application for a rally with a demand to investigate reports of mass persecution of gays in Chechnya.

September 19, 2018 14:47

• Azerbaijan claims shelling of its two villages

  Over the past day, the ceasefire regime in the Karabakh conflict zone was violated 87 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.

September 19, 2018 14:43

• Law enforcers stop searching for militants on border between Chechnya and Ingushetia

  In the forest on the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia, fighters of the National Guard of Russia found no accomplices of three suspects who were killed in a shootout with Chechen law enforcers. Residents of Chechnya questioned the official version about the shootout.

September 19, 2018 11:46

• Three PFPA activists left under arrest until December

  In Baku, the court has extended the detention in custody for Babek Gasanov, Agil Magerramov, and Ruslan Nasirli, activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). The defence intends to challenge the court's decision.

September 19, 2018 11:40

• Zaza Saralidze, a father of a schoolboy killed in Georgia, stops his hunger strike

  On September 18, after a meeting with Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Zaza Saralidze, an initiator of the action "Do not kill", decided to stop the hunger strike.

September 19, 2018 09:03

• Woman-witness confirms statement of "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about the attack at rally

  Bariyat Idrisova, a journalist, told the court about provocations during the oppositional rally in Makhachkala and the conflict of defendant Kasumov with the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

September 19, 2018 09:00

• Ukraine states detention of Russian from Kadyrov retinue

  The foreigner, detained in Kiev on suspicion of drug storage, has to do with the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Security Service of Ukraine (known as the SBU) has stated.

September 19, 2018 08:59

• Two men turned to doctors after clashes in Ingush village of Kendelen

  Two villagers of Kendelen needed doctors' help after the skirmishes with the participants of the march in honour of the 310th anniversary of the Kanjali battle who broke into the village, Tamara Gerieva, an activist, has reported.

September 19, 2018 08:58

• CTO in Dagestani Talgi passes unnoticed by villagers

  Residents of the village of Talgi, where three alleged militants were killed, did not hear the shooting and did not notice the limitations imposed by the counter-terrorist operation (CTO) regime. It is not possible to verify the information of law enforcers about the involvement of the casualties in the armed underground, journalists have stated.

September 19, 2018 01:24

• Azerbaijani oppositionist Orkhan Bakhyshly sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment

  Orkhan Bakhyshly, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has associated his persecution with political nature.

September 18, 2018 23:23

• Vladimir Putin hands over oil company to Chechnya at request of Ramzan Kadyrov

  The Russian President has signed a decree to transfer shares of the "Chechenneftekhimprom" Company from the federal ownership to the authorities of Chechnya.

September 18, 2018 23:19

• Political analysts: large-scale military exercises in Southern Russia to demonstrate strength

  Exercises involving military units of the Southern Military District demonstrate the Russia's strength in the region, including to the authorities of Georgia, where the NATO exercises had been held earlier. That opinion was voiced by political analysts and journalists.

September 18, 2018 18:59

• Azerbaijani SC upholds verdict to journalist Afghan Mukhtarly

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has dismissed a cassation appeal filed by Afghan Mukhtarly, sentenced for six years of imprisonment. The journalist's defenders intend to apply to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

September 18, 2018 18:55

• Law enforcers look for accomplices of militants killed in Chechnya

  The militants, who were killed in a shootout with Chechen law enforcers, were plotting a terror act in Chechnya, the law enforcement bodies suggest. At the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia, fighters of the National Guard of Russia have started a special operation to search for accomplices of the killed militants.

September 18, 2018 18:53

• Two residents of Chechnya publicly apologize for mass fight at wedding party

  In Shali, a conflict between participants of a wedding party cortege provoked a mass fight. The men apologized on the air of the TV Channel. Some local residents found the practice of public apology in Chechnya inadmissible.

September 18, 2018 13:39

• Volgograd: workers of "Krasny Oktiabr" Factory complain about salary delays

  Workers of the Volgograd "Krasny Oktiabr" (Red October) Factory are afraid of losing their jobs due to the bankruptcy of the enterprise. They face salary delays.